Incense In The Wind

Radiating Incense In The Wind - a painting by Hai Linh Le

Thursday 22 November 2018

Yadalam Vaastu Camphor Thick Dhoop




While I sometimes pick up camphor in some incense I burn, I rarely came across it as the main scent. Camphor is a scent that comes naturally from the wood of certain laurel trees, or from rosemary leaves. It is used in moth balls, and in vedic medicine. As here, camphor tends to be a neutral, mineral scent, with suggestions of laurel, menthol, and lavender.  It is cleansing and calming and cleansing rather than invigorating. It is not a profound or heavenly scent. People are more inclined to burn it for ritual purposes than aesthetic, though it is not unpleasant - indeed, I tend to enjoy it. This is a decent everyday scent - modest, neutral, cleansing, and gently attractive.


Date: Nov 2018   Score:  26*

[*Score is over five years old so may not be reliable]

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Vintage Incense
(Incense not available from
this brand for over a year)

Yadalam / Gomaathaa


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